A Clare native academic has described today’s attack on Kyiv as a deliberate decision to terrorise the people of Ukraine.
At least 10 people have died and 60 are injured following Russian missile attacks across Ukraine, which included the targeting of Kyiv.
Ukraine’s president claims Russia’s deliberately targeting civilians, after today’s attacks, which also hit the likes of Lviv, Kharkiv and Dnipro.
It’s the first time the capital Kyiv has been hit since near the start of the conflict.
The country’s top general says 41 Russian missiles were shot down, out of 75 fired.
Ukrainian MP Andrii Osadchuk has put into context the area affected in Kyiv.
Vladimir Putin says Russia’s long-range missile attacks on Ukrainian cities was a retaliation for what he called ‘terrorist acts’.
The Russian President says the Kremlin was firing at infrastructure, days after an attack on a bridge linking his country with Crimea.
A Clare native academic says today’s attack wasn’t inevitable, but a part of Putin’s desires to destroy the Ukrainian people.
Professor of Politics at DCU’s School of Law and Government, Newmarket-on-Fergus man Donnacha Ó’Beacháin says this was a symbolic attack and the most brutal for several months.
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